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Dear Colleagues, *apologies for cross-posting* I am happy to announce the publication of my book, *Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental health and healing in a Tibetan exile community*, published by Carolina Academic Press as part of their Ethnographic Studies in Medical Anthropology Series. For more information, please visit: https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531001407/Tibetan-Medicine-Buddhism-and-Psychiatry The publisher is currently kindly offering a 10% discount on the purchase price when ordered directly from their website. Brief description: This book presents research based on two six-month periods of ethnographic fieldwork conducted within a Tibetan exile community in Darjeeling, northeast India. It utilises four case studies to illustrate lay perceptions of different mental health conditions and their causes and treatments in a culturally- and medically-pluralistic area, juxtaposed with Tibetan textual and biomedical explanations. These explanations combine with background interviews of lay Tibetans, as well as monastic practitioners, Tibetan amchi, and biomedical doctors, to help draw out the complexities of the situation for individuals affected by different experiences of mental illness. Best wishes, Susannah -- ___ *Dr Susannah Deane* British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Buddhist Studies Department of Religion and Theology School of Humanities University of Bristol https://bristol.academia.edu/SusannahDeane <https://glasgow.academia.edu/SusannahDeane> Book reviews editor, Himalaya and Central Asia section, *Asian Medicine: **Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (JIASTAM)* Body, Health and Religion Research Group (BAHAR) http://www.bodyhealthreligion.org.uk/BAHAR/ ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 ***************************************************************